GuildWars Faction price tag

I've been on GW main page and did some dig-up on the price tag that Faction will have, now I live in Canada and from what i've seen the game will cost 70$, now why would an expension cost more than the main game at its launch. I hope that the 70$ is for the collector box and not the basic one, or is that the price for the pre-order version ???

Even tho i'm a big fan of GuildWars...i'm not sure i'd want to spend 70$ on an expension, especially when there's nothing in the box beside the game cd and a booklet.

If someone got an answer to this please tell me

Firstly,

Guild Wars Factions is not an expansion pack. It is a stand alone game. So it gets a stand alone game price, 50 dollars.

And is there an exhange rate for Canadian money?

the $70 is the US price, in Canadian thats approx $82, and yes Factions is a standalone game that can act as an expansion to the original. It has the same amount or more content than the original and thus the same price.

Factions is like $49.99 unless you are getting the CE.

CE = Collector's Edition.

I preordered my game for 50$ at Best Buy... although I don't recommend them cause you don't get the preorder package, just the game when it releases.

EB Games in Canada is selling the preorders for $75.00. A complete total ripoff. There's no indication whatsoever if the pre pack is CE, SE, or anything.

I went to Best Buy and preordered...and got a preorder package....

Its all where you go...and $70 is the CE

For those of you in the US, it doesn't matter what you paid.

Because Factions is not an expansion in the same sense that you or I are normally accustom to. Factions acts as both a stand-alone game and an expansion depending on if you have an exsisting account and if you decide to link those accounts. Factions, contains the same ammount of content as the original game.

£39 in england for the CE

44 at amazon...

To answer one of the question the change rate is 0.853097 $ can for 1$ us. And its 1.1722 Us dollar for 1$ canadian.

Now i didnt know that Faction was a stand alone game...but a 70$ price tag for Canada well...a bit expensive especially here in Quebec

Quebec : 70$ *.1450 % in tax = around 80.15$

The rest of Canada : 70$ * 7% ( i think its 7% ) = around 75 $

Us price : 49.99 * 1.1722 ( Us doller change rate ) = 58.60$ canadian

i've seen a few tag price from us and uk your the lucky one, not here...well not me...oh well i'll wait and see.

And sorry if i get out of GW topic, but Oblivion from Bethsoft cost less and its twice as big.

I hope that for 70$ Faction will have a lot of stuff.

I'm sorry if i'm a bit direct and all, please know that i'm not aiming this at anyone.

Don't forget the GST!

That basically puts everything at around 14.5% tax for each province on average.

Oh, and Alberta doesn't have any PST. Long live the oil dealing machines.

I went to my local Best Buy to get the Pre-Order Kit...but they wouldn't let me preorder the game...said they couldn't do it. My only recourse through Best Buy right now is to preorder online. And then try to get my $10 for the Pre-Order Kit back with my in-store receipt when I go to pick up my online order.

I paid 10 bucks for the preorder at Best Buy. I assumed that Factions would then cost me 10 bucks less when released. Am I correct?

Ah, but you have to love socialized health care.

correct though your store may vary and a talk to the manager may be needed.

keep your receipt

Receipt's gone, that sucks. Surely I didn't pay 10 bucks for a couple of stupid useless items? BTW this was x2.

i pre orderd and in michigan at least its 49,99 for factions and 59.99 for Collectoers edition and thats what i pre orderd

Well i dont know if they asked for ur name or number or anything like that but they did when i preorderd so i dont need the recipt i just got prove that i am myself :-) so maybe its the same for u